Sod-trimmer.



N. NELSON. SOD TRIMMER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 24, 1912.

1,033,612. Patented July 23, 1912.

WIT/ E8858 Nels Nelson I CDLUMBIA PLANOORAFH C0., WASHINGTON, D. cv

INVENTOR NELS NELSON, or LA FAYETTE, OREGON.

SOD-TRIMMER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1912.

Application filed April 24, 1912. Serial No. 692,929.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NELS NELsoN, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of La Fayette, in the county of Yamhill and State of Oregon,have invented a new and Improved Sod-Trimmer, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to that class of implements which are employed inconnection with landscape gardening and particularly for use in trimmingthe borders of lawns along concrete walks or the like.

Among the purposes of this invention is to provide an implement of thecharacter indicated which will be more efficient and certain ofoperation than those usually employed, and that, too, with theexpenditure of the minimum amount of power.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to thefollowing de scription and the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a side elevation of the invention in operative position; and Fig. 2is a front elevation of the same.

In carrying the invention into practice in a preferred embodimentthereof, I provide a wheel 10 of any suitable size or constructionadapted to roll upon or near the edge of the walk W adjacent to whichthe sod or turf is to be trimmed. A handle 11 havinga cross bar 12 isconnected to the axle of the wheel by means of plates 13 and 1%, thesame being connected rigidly to the handle by means of bolts 15 and 15At 16 is indicated a cutter having a front cutting edge 16 inclined at asuitable angle to the vertical edge of the walk and adapted to trim fromthe sod S a substantially V- shaped slice, that portion of the sod whichhas a tendency to creep up along and over the edge of the walk, makingthe same unsightly. The cutter 16 has connected to its upper portion apair of braces 17 which are connected at their upper ends in any of aseries of adjustment holes 17 a to the plate 14 aforesaid by means ofbolts 18, whereby the depth and position of the cutting edge of thecutter may be varied as may be required.

A turning member or-mold board 19 is associated with the cutter and isconnected thereto at its upper portion by means of a bolt 20. The moldboard is adapted to receive the trimmings from the cutter and throw themover upon the walk in the rear of the wheel 10, the bottom edge of themold board being preferably curved to conform to the shape of the walkand to extend downward sli htly at 19 below the top surface thereo Therear part of the mold board has connected to it a brace 21 extendlngthence upwardly to the upper end of the frame member 14 and thereconnected through any of a series of adjustment holes 22 to the frame bymeans of the aforesaid bolt 15. The adjustment of the mold board isintended to accommodate operators of dliferent heights, and thisadjustment may be made independently of the aforesaid adjustments of thecutter, the mold board be ing adapted to swing on the pivot 20 accordingto such adjustments. The brace 21 is twisted so as to cause the moldboard to extend well over into the rear of the path of the wheel.

The several parts of the invention may be made of any suitablematerials, according to the functions to be performed thereby, and therelative sizes and proportions thereof may be varied to a considerableextent without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is D 1. In a sod trimmer, the combination of aframe, supporting means for the frame, a cutter disposed at an angle tothe frame and adjustably connected thereto for varying its depth, a moldboard pivoted at one end to the cutter and extending thence rearwardlybelow the frame, and means to connect the rear end of the mold boardadjustably to the frame.

2. In a sod trimmer, the combination of a frame, a wheel to support theframe, a cutter at the one side of the wheel and disposed at an anglethereto, means to connect the cutter rigidly to the frame, a mold boardpivotally connected at its front portion to the cutter between thecutter and the wheel and extending thence rearwardly and laterally inthe rear of the wheel, and means to connect the rear end of the moldboard rigidly with the frame.

3. In a sod trimmer, the combination with a frame, and a wheelsupporting the same, of a cutter inclined at an angle to said wheel andhaving a front cutting edge, a pair of braces connected to the front andrear parts of the cutter and connecting the same rigidly and adjustablyto the frame, a mold In testimony whereof I have signed my boardconnected to the inner face of the name to this specificatlon in thepresence cutter, a brace extending from the rear end of two subscribingWitnesses.

of the mold board to the frame, and means NELS NELSON. adjustablysecuring said mold board brace Witnesses:

to the frame independently of the means for H. L. CONNER,

connecting the cutter to the frame. ALMA STOW.

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